State of Mind
"W-where did I go wrong, Sir?" Daniella asked in a voice that indicated that she expected him for mercy.
Andrew then finished the beer in his glass, before he finally answered the girl's question. "I don't want to talk about this anymore, I don't like to think about other people's mistakes, so stop messing with my mind with this! If you really want a confession, yes, you are beautiful, I was not lying about it at all. Now, leave me alone!" said the man with a little bit of anger because Daniella had ruined his serenity here.
The City Prince then left the counter, he walking towards the stairs, but Daniella quickly chased after him and managed to block him from the front.
"Thank you so much for it—"
"Now you know how you should answer a compliment from other people?" quipped Andrew, he then easily passed the girl and began to climb the stairs.
"Wait! The compliment that you gave at the theatre was for me?!" asked Daniella after she had frozen in confusion for about 5 seconds after Andrew gave her the insinuation.
"Stop it, Daniella Miller," Andrew warned Daniella to silent without stop walking, he also kept looking ahead with his jaw tightened. It seems that seeing Marjorie and Tyler kissing makes him very frustrated, his mind is also very messy, coupled with the misunderstanding that had occurred between him and Daniella, making his state of mind only keep getting worse.
"S-so ... y-you are angry because of the reply I gave you at that time?" Daniella, who finally found the cause of Andrew's anger at her, couldn't stop talking about it.
"But I thought it was not a compliment to me, your eyes didn't look into my eyes, you looked at the stage when you say that, that's why I said 'you're welcome' afterward because I felt like you were not giving the compliment to me," continued the girl as she climbed the stairs and walked quickly after the City Prince. Surprisingly, Andrew stopped walking after hearing what Daniella said just now, Daniella then also stopped, her distance from Andrew is now 5 steps.
Andrew himself stopped to remember the moment when he complimented Daniella's beauty in the theatre earlier, the compliment was actually directed at Daniella, but he forgot to look at the girl's eyes when he said it because his mind was very messy, and of course, this misunderstanding is purely Andrew's fault.
The man then turned to Daniella, who still hope that there is still a glimmer of hope for her not to fail her mission.
The girl's heart immediately beating very fast when that cold gaze stared into her eyes, sweat also started to come out of her face's pores.
After going on for 10 seconds, the moment of eye contact is finally ended by Andrew, the man continued his steps towards the door without saying any other word.
"Sir!" Daniella called out for Andrew, she intended to chase him again, but suddenly a man from behind called out to her.
"Miss?!"
Daniella of course looked back immediately after being called out, she then found that there are several pairs of eyes looking at her, explaining that she and Andrew are the center of attention for a small number of people who are here, one of whom is the red-haired man who entered the main bar at the same time as her earlier, that man was the one who called her out just now.
"Is everything all right?" asked the white and tall-enough man to Daniella with a worried face, he is standing on the bottom step now.
"Y-yes ... yes," replied Daniella haltingly, she is nervous because actually there are a lot of eyes looking at her with curiosity and confusion now.
"S-sorry, excuse me," added the girl, she then went from there to the main bar as fast as she can.